That Woman!

About the Author: The poet lives in Bombay and wishes to remain anonymous. The poems should speak for themselves.

Teaser:

His Brow Had Plato’s…

His brow had Plato’s gloom Giving off tidal darkness. She was once his Hesperides. She bore his dreams on a Stretcher to the burning Ghat with due tenderness. She had a forked tongue which Like lightning stabbed the dark. When she said: “Goodbye” to Him, too rooted poppies In his blood trembled, but Her eyes had the diamond’s glint. She was a blood-clot moving In his brain and paralyzing His grief.

Contents: His Brow Had Plato’s / 9 She Was Once / 10 She Forced / 11 His Face / 12 He Waited / 13 His Life Had Become / 14 Like a Tired Dog / 15 When Her Breasts / 16 He Was a Dying Coal / 17 She Gazed at the Moon / 18 He Filled with Kisses / 19 He Was Surprised / 20 All His Life / 21 He Wished He Could Stand / 22 The Rail Tracks / 23 She Was Proud / 24 His Pale Body / 25 He Knew / 26 Thousands of Cathedrals / 27 He Was Tired of / 28 Watching Her / 29 He Had a Mind / 30 Her Kiss Was a Weed / 31 Art and a Woman Require / 32 No Man Can Sleep / 33 He Knew that / 34 He Had Lived on Echoes / 35 He Was More Concerned / 36 Trying to Make Love / 37 When She Looked / 38 She Was an Indian / 39 Like a Savage / 40 He Watched in Terror / 41 In Love / 42 He Had Given Up / 43 His Heart Was Full / 44 Long Had He / 45 She Had Called Him / 46 Her Mouth Was Wide / 47 Love Lasts Only / 48 Love Once Broke / 49 He Was an Electron / 50 The Ripe Mango / 51 On Pure Being / 52 Long Had He Fished / 53 He Was Tired / 54 The Greatest Punishment / 55 His Tongue Lolls / 56 He Sits and Watches / 57 He Sits And Broods / 58 He Thought He Was / 59